Guard-rail.



No. 797,939- PATENTBD AUGJZ, 1905;

S. GLARY. GUARD RAIL.

APPLIOATION FILED mum. 1004.

SIMON GLARY, OF CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GUARD-RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application filed January 2, 1904:. Serial No. 187,398.

To (I/ZZ/ whmn, it "may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON CLARY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Carnegie, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGuard-Rails, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inguard-rails, and has for its object the provision of novel means wherebythe guard-rail may be securely fastened in a manner that will preventthe same from tilting or tipping.

It is a well-known fact that in railroad construction great diflicultieshave been experienced in effectually securing the guard-rail in positionand that owing to the strain exerted upon the guard-rail the same wouldbecome loose, and often accidents result from the ineflicient manner inwhich the guardrails are applied adjacent to the main rails.

My invention has for its object to overcome all such difliculties;furthermore, to obviate the necessity of shearing the base-flange of theinner side of the rail, as is now the case.

My present invention, briefly described, consists in securing the mainrail and guardrail together by either overlappingor under lapping thetreads thereof and retaining the same in a rigid and firm position;furthermore, to provide a seat upon the guard-rail for the reception ofthe main rail that will permit the treads of these rails to be broughtin close proximity to one another for the purpose of obtaining thedesired result.

The present invention further consists in the novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews, in which.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the main rail, partly broken away, andthe guard-rail constructed in accordance with my improvements securedthereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3is an enlarged detail fragmentary perspective View of the guard-rail.

The main rail'is represented by the numeral 5, which is of the ordinaryand well-known construction, and 6 is a guard-rail having the usualoutturned ends 7. This guard-rail is formed with a peculiar base flange,which forms a seat 8. This inner flange is provided with a shoulder 9,against which the outer edge of the base-flange carried by the main railabuts. This seat 8 of the base-flange has also formed therein suitableopenings to receive spikes or other fastening means, and I prefer toarrange the spikes as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the samepassing through the seat portion 8 of the guard-rail and thence throughthe tie-plate into the tie, the heads of the spikes extending over andengaging the upper face of the outer flange of the main rail. It willalso be noted that a larger guard-rail could be employed, which willunderlap the base-flange of the main rail, if. desired.

The many other advantages presented by my improved guard-rail will bereadily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings.

It will be obvious that various slight changes may be made in thedetails of construction without departing from the general spirit of myinvention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

'1. A main rail, a guard-rail having a seat formed in its base-flange,the base of said main rail being secured in said seat.

2. A main rail, a guard-rail having a seat formed therein at its base,tie-plates, and fastening means extending through said seat and saidtie-plate, substantially as described.

3. A guard-rail having its inner base-flange provided with a seatextending below the line of its outer flange, substantially asdescribed.

4. In combination with a main rail, a guardrail located adjacent themain rail and having a portion of its base-flange overlapped by thebase-flange of the main rail.

5. In combination, a main rail and a guardrail placed side by side, withthe base-flange of one of the rails oveziapping on the base- Intestimony whereof I affix my signaturein flange of the other rail. thepresence of two Witnesses.

6. In combination, a main rail and a guardv SIMON CLARY rail placed sideby side, With the base-flange of one of the rails overlapping thebase-flange Witnesses:

of the other rail, and securing means common H. (J. EVERT, to bothoverlapping and underlapping" flanges. E. F. PORTMAN.

